I did what a responsible person should do. I was interested in the game.
I went and read about it. I asked a few questions on foums about it. I went and watched movies on gaming websites like Gamespot about it. Watched the Dev Diary movies and Demigod 101 movie from the developer. Took all this information and made an informed decision based on my experience with Stardock on Sins and GalCiv in the past and bought the game.
I guess I could have skipped all that and just downloaded a pirate copy of the game......no thanks.
p.s. just trying to offset the guys who think its funny to post they pirated the game (even if they did then buy it later).